Xothicon: Trigger The Bloodshed - The Great Depression

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Trigger The Bloodshed - The Great Depression

Just when you thought metal couldn’t get any more extreme, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED comes along and releases a brutally mind-blowing CD entitled “The Great Depression”. Taking speed and aggression to all new levels, “The Great Depression” has already earned TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED a nomination for 'best new band' in this year’s Metal Hammer Golden God Awards!

With a new line-up and a new approach to song writing, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED has reinvented themselves into a destructive machine of annihilation that produces explosive music with hard hitting lyrics. Their extremely fast guitar riffing coupled with relentless blasting drums and ferocious double vocals have set the bar a little higher for all other technical Death Metal bands out there. And when they’re not playing at 1,000 beats per minute, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED’s sludge cut-time riffs are heavier than the element Uranium. Although this is only their 2^nd full length release since their inception in 2006, their song writing style and level of musicianship is highly matured to a level seen in few veteran bands in the scene. Their guitars harmonize well, and the guitar solos are melodic and flowing. The drumming is never dull, and the vocals are never boring. The lyrical content of “The Great Depression” centers on the real life tragedies of this wretched world such as War, Famine, and Poverty, adding to the heaviness of the entire package. Running at a little under 35 minutes in length and 11 tracks long, “The Great Depression” is a Great listen from start to finish, and is only Depressing when it’s over.

Rating: 3 1/2 skulls